Beach and received one vote for One-More-Time in the Top 32 tandem battle against reigning FD champion Tanner Foust. In Rydquist's second FD event at Road Atlanta, the FD judges requested two tandem battles between Rydquist and drifting veteran Darren MacNamara before deciding which driver to move on to Top 16. By Round 3 in Las Vegas Rydquist the team had improved the car and Rydquist qualified in 7th place with the 2nd highest entry speed of the entire FD field, scoring higher points than no less than four former and current Formula Drift champions Chris Forsberg, Michael Essa, Vaughn Gittin Jr and Tanner Foust. Rydquist's next opportunity in professional drifting was realized several years later. In 2013 Rydquist entered Formula Drift under his own team name Rydquist Racing with a Nissan 350Z formerly driven by Robbie Nishida. The Nissan 350Z was competitive in 2009 but by 2013 the absence of noticeable performance regulations had seen a tremendous development of the competition vehicles in professional drifting. Supported by Berk Technology Rydquist Racing spent a season on development of the Nissan and by 2014 the car was equipped with a turbocharged Chevy LS2 V8 and now campaigned by professional motorsport shop Road Race Engineering. With the car eventually becoming competitive Rydquist claimed his first professional drifting podium at Round 3 Homestead-Miami Speedway and by doing so he upholds his track record of capturing a podium finish in every class or series of auto racing he has entered, the only exception being the 24 Hours of Nuerburgring. Rydquist announced on his blog following the 2014 season finale that he would end his Formula Drift campaign to start a new chapter in road racing related projects and to utilize his SAG card to do more stunt driving. Other Appearances Rydquist is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) as precision and stunt driver, and has been hired to drive in commercial shoots for multiple car manufacturers as well as magazines in Europe and the US. Rydquists phenomenal car control skills and experience in door-to-door racing makes him a sought after talent for film productions involving sensitive high performance and precision car to car shoots (Ultimate Arm, Russian Arm, Pursuit Systems), as well as helicopter and airplane based shoots where safety and timing at speed is crucial. Rydquist has engaged in and attended several charities such as Grants Wishes, STOP CANCER and Reach